Food for the Soil – Vol. 1 No. 6

• alluvial soil

  (ə lü vē əl soi(ə)l): Soil material (such as clay, silt, sand, or gravel) deposited by running water.

• auger survey

  (ȯ gər sər vā): The examination or inspection of soil with a variety of tools made like a spiral or screw and used for boring holes or moving loose material.

• carcass

  (kär kəs): A dead body.

• continental

  (kän tə nen təl): Of, relating to, or characteristic of a continent.

• geomorphology

  (jē ō mor fä lə jē): A science that deals with the relief features (or landforms) of the Earth or of another celestial body (such as the Moon) and how they were made and developed.

• isotope

  (ī sə tōp): Any of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties.

• mean

  (meen): The average in a set of numbers.

• organic

  (ȯr ga nik): Of, relating to, or obtained from living things.

• piscivore

  (pī sə vor): A fish-eating animal.

• spawn

  (spän): To produce young especially in large numbers.

• sustain

  (sǝ stān): (1) To give support or relief to; (2) to keep up.

• watershed

  (wȯ tǝr shed): A region or area bounded on the edge by a dividing ridge and draining ultimately to a particular watercourse or body of water.

Editorial Review Board Comments

• The most important thing I learned is that salmon-derived nutrients are very important to the soil as it provides much needed nutrients.

• The most important thing I learned is that everything that is living needs nitrogen.

• I would suggest having more text per page so reading can be more fluent but other than that, it is really good.

• I enjoyed reading and proofreading the Natural Inquirer and thanks for letting me do so!

• Add definitions as footnotes as well as glossary so you don’t have to keep flipping for the meanings of the words.

• I like the photos and maps in the article. It made the article more interesting and easy to understand. I learned many things about soil and SDN.

• It was wonderfully written and explained everything clearly. Beautiful and clear layout.

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